Introduction:

Dermatitis associated to Incontinence is defined as a damage of the skin connected to the exposure to urine and/or faeces, a type of contact dermatitis, which causes a great discomfort and pain, that has a difficult treatment, extended in time and expensive. The main goal is the identification of the interventions to adopt in the prevention, management and treatment of the dermatitis associated to incontinence.

Methods:

The used method is the integrative review of literature, performed in established data bases: EBSCO host Web - CINAHL Plus, MEDLINE and Bon. The main question of this review was: “Which are the most adequate nursing care to incontinence associated dermatitis?

Results:

Eleven articles were selected and the results were grouped into three dimensions: I. the first presents the characterization of incontinence-associated dermatitis around two categories (definition of incontinence associated dermatitis and differentiation of incontinence / pressure ulcer), II. Related to the issues of diagnosis and evaluation and III. On interventions appropriate to quality care and divided into three categories (prevention, treatment, education and training).

Conclusion:

The comprehensive nature of the integrative review has revealed to us the need for investment in training and adoption of an evidence-based practice that will lead us to a higher quality nursing care.

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